Weekly News & Updates

Friday, May 9 / Iyyar 11

26th Day Omer

Shacharit, 7:00am

Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:30pm

Candle Lighting, 7:40pm

Shabbat, May 10 / Iyyar 12 / Shabbat Mevarchim

27th Day Omer

Beit Medrash 9:30am

Shabbat Tefillot, 10:00am

Guest Presentation (see below), 7:00pm

Minchah / Seudah Shelishit 7:30pm

Havdallah 8:41pm

Shabbat Children's Programming

Tot Shabbat (ages 2+) 11:00

Shabbat Learning: 11:00am (Ages 7+)

Babysitting: 10:30am-12:30pm

Weekday Services

Shacharit:

Sunday - 8:30am
Monday-Friday - 7:00am

Mincha/Maariv:

7:45pm Sunday -Thursday
6:30pm - Friday

May 17 Bat Mitzvah of Chava Kalmar

Robert Kalmar and Rebecca Cutler in the congregation to celebrate with their family next Shabbat morning as their daughter Chava will become Bat Mitzvah.

Tefilot will begin at 10:00am,

and Chava will be leading a Women's Minchah service at 1:00pm.

Are There Any Graduates In Your Family?

June 7 has been designated as our Graduation Shabbat. Please submit to our office ‘mazel tov’ information on any 2025 graduates in your family. And ... please consider a celebratory donation to the June 7 Kiddush.

Kiddush Sponsors & Contributors

In Honor of Sam Kassow

Matt and Karina Gitman, Donna and Tony Capitao, Helen Neumann, Alyssa and Joel Norwood, Sam Zwillich, Leonard Felson, Kelly Haman-Book, Ofer and Elana Doron, Bonnie and Joel Wolfe, Harry and Robyn Weller, Stewart and Beverly Shapiro, Ruth Yancovich, Patrick and Anne Rich, Mark Haims and Erica Bloch, Elliot and Eileen Pollack, Mikhail and Bella Klebanov, David and Marianna Eckstein, Jonathan and Galya Greenberg, Rebecca Cutler and Robert Kalmar, Rabbi and Leslie Adler, Robert and Heather Fiedler.

Robert and Heather Fiedler

in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert's Bar Mitzvah

Jean Selinger

in memory of Michael Selinger's Yahrzeit

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Shabbat, May 10

7:00pm

Welcoming Guests from Kibbutz Sufa

May 10

Zohar Hubara and Hadas Grinshpan, survivors of the attack of October 7 on Kibbutz Sufa, will be guests of Beth David on Shabbat May 10. They will be speaking on Shabbat afternoon at 7:15pm and will then entertain Q&A during Seudah Shelishit.

Zohar and Hadas are grandparents of seven grandchildren and have lived on Sufa since its beginnings in the Sinai. Sadly, their son Ido was murdered on Oct 7^th in Zohar’s arms. They are coming to share their story and hope for the future as they get to know our community.

Zohar is 67 years old and a member of the Absorption Committee (welcoming new families to the kibbutz). He will address Sufa's location on the border with the Palestinian Authority and Egypt, its small and high-quality community, and the challenges of distance, absorption, and employment. He will note the new challenge posed by the events of October 7th and the need for a strong community and supportive environment.

Hadas is 65 years old and the Coordinator of Welfare and Individual Support. She describes Kibbutz Sufa as a small and friendly Kibbutz located at the southern and remote end of Israel, with about 70 households. She will emphasize the importance of human connections and empathy in the relationship between communities.

Click here to see a video about Kibbutz Sufa and its story.

Our Shavuot Food Drive has started. There are bins in the shul lobby where nonperishable items may be left. Our goal is 613 items, the number of mitzvot in the Torah. We currently have approximately 70 food items collected. After Shavuot, these items will be donated to the JFS Kosher Food Pantry as well as the West Hartford Food Bank. On the second day of Shavuot, our youngest members will revive the Beth David "bikurim" pageant carrying baskets of canned fruits into the sanctuary. Parents, please sign up for "bikurim" basket activity below.